Northwest Passage expedition 1903

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The Northwest Passage expedition of 1903 was Roald Amundsen’s pioneering Arctic voyage that achieved the first successful navigation of the fabled sea route through the Canadian Arctic Archipelago.

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instanceOf Arctic expedition
polar exploration voyage
achievement first successful navigation of the Northwest Passage
arrivalCountry United States of America
surface form: United States
arrivalDate 1906-08-31
arrivalPort Nome
arrivalRegion Alaska
commander Roald Amundsen
countryOfFlag Norway
crewSize 7
departureCountry Norway
departureDate 1903-06-16
departurePort Christiania
Oslo
endDate 1906
era Heroic Age of Antarctic and Arctic Exploration
followedBy Roald Amundsen’s South Pole expedition 1910–1912
surface form: Roald Amundsen’s South Pole expedition
includedCrewMember Adolf Henrik Lindstrøm
surface form: Adolf Lindstrøm

Anton Lund
Godfred Hansen
Gustav Juel Wiik
Helmer Hanssen
Peder Ristvedt
Roald Amundsen
interactedWith Inuit
surface form: Netsilik Inuit
leader Roald Amundsen
learnedFrom Inuit survival techniques
namedAfter Northwest Passage
notableFor small crew and modest vessel compared to earlier Arctic expeditions
objective to complete the first transit of the Northwest Passage
to conduct magnetic observations near the North Magnetic Pole
operatedIn Arctic Ocean
Arctic Archipelago
surface form: Canadian Arctic Archipelago
precededBy earlier unsuccessful Northwest Passage attempts
relatedWork The North West Passage (book by Roald Amundsen)
result proved the navigability of the Northwest Passage by a small vessel
provided improved charts of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago
route Northwest Passage
scientificActivity cartographic surveys
geomagnetic measurements
meteorological observations
shipType converted herring fishing boat
startDate 1903
vessel Gjøa
winteredAt Gjøa Haven
King William Island
winteredIn 1903–1904
1904–1905

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Roald Amundsen startDateOfEvent Northwest Passage expedition 1903
Roald Amundsen endDateOfEvent Northwest Passage expedition 1903
this entity surface form: Northwest Passage expedition 1906